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Chapter 167: An Impossible Chapter Title

“Professor Lu is actually a very nice person, very capable, and very lucky. He received his undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees at Yanbei University, then went to the United States for a postdoctoral fellowship, and was then brought back to school under the Young Thousand Talents Program.

After returning, I immersed myself in frontline scientific research and completed the project very quickly. It happened that in 19, the policy was adjusted and the Science and Technology Commission lifted the restriction that the Young Thousand Talents Program could not be applied for.

The following year, he applied for the Young Distinguished Scholarship again. However, Professor Lu was good in everything except teaching students. He did not shirk his undergraduate teaching duties, but he was unwilling to apply to be a supervisor for master's and doctoral degrees.

It was his former master's and doctoral supervisor, Mr. Fang, who could no longer stand it and severely scolded Professor Lu. It was also that Lu Huazhou had no choice but to apply for a master's supervisor.

He is very low-key on weekdays. If you look at the college's publicity column, you will find that his homepage has basically not been taken care of. His identities as Qianqing and Jieqing are not listed, only his research direction is listed.

To check his resume, you have to go to the school's official website. So he recruits students randomly. But what happened today was something I didn't expect. It's probably because your senior sister really thinks the generalized modal axiom system has a future, and Professor Lu just happens to be too lazy to care, so they hit it off!"

In the office, Tian Yanzhen slowly and methodically introduced Professor Lu's life to Qiao Yu.

Lu Huazhou had already left with Zhang Xiaoxian. After all, this kind of thing was considered outrageous in college. But then again, in fact, when it comes to mathematics, the tutor can only teach very basic things.

In the field of scientific research, it is no longer just about solving problems. Especially in a first-class university like Yanbei University, the instructors hope that students will focus on open and cutting-edge problems.

In this sense, the generalized modal axiom system satisfies these two points. It is an open axiom system and can be said to be at the forefront of the times.

"So what do you mean?" Qiao Yu asked subconsciously.

Tian Yanzhen gave direct advice: "I think you can try to get involved in the work of a tutor. Although you are a little young, it is not a problem. You will definitely be the youngest professor at Yanbei University in the future.

And he will definitely be the youngest master's and doctoral supervisor at Yanbei University. There is nothing wrong with knowing how to cooperate with students in advance. It can also help Professor Lu reduce some of his burden.

When you become a tutor, you will know how busy you are. Work assigned by the leader, ideological work of students, achievement analysis, self-examination of examination papers, project application, mid-term and final report, professional title evaluation, paper review, science and technology award application, financial reimbursement...

These jobs involve all aspects of life. If you get in touch with more mathematics professors, you will find that there are relatively few speculators in our group. At least at Yanbei University, most professors who do mathematics research are truly passionate about mathematics.

Mathematics is also different from other fields. Many science and engineering professors treat scientific research as a business. Students are no different from employees. Most laboratory work does not require high intelligence and basic knowledge. So some professors really don't like to have students.

Since your senior sister is interested in your generalized modal axiom system, you can give her some tutoring in your free time. It won’t have much impact on you, but maybe there will be another famous mathematician in the future.”

Tian Yanzhen talked a little too much today, which made Qiao Yu feel like he was teasing him.

But then again, Qiao Yu felt that he could teach his mentor a lesson - to let him know that mathematical research can be treated as a business.

So Qiao Yu simply said, "I understand, Director Tian. But I have to make sure that this senior sister can endure hardships. After all, learning mathematics is not that easy."

Tian Yanzhen smiled and said, "From the perspective of students in the School of Mathematics, those who choose to continue to study mathematics as a graduate student after graduating from undergraduate studies are basically those who truly love it. What kind of hardship can mathematical research endure?

Whether you can learn and how much you can learn depends on your ability. Since she has chosen it, she should be serious about it. After all, interest itself is the best teacher. But it is mainly you who teaches, so you decide for yourself. "

Qiao Yu nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll contact Professor Lu and tell him my thoughts."

Tian Yanzhen waved her hand and said, "Go and do your own thing. But you should also pay attention to Professor Zhang's cooperation project at Shuangdan University, otherwise you will not be able to come up with anything when they ask about it."

Qiao Yu said seriously, "Director Tian, ​​you look down on Professor Xue too much, don't you? Besides, it was they who asked for the collaboration. How dare you question Professor Xue's achievements?"

Tian Yan was stunned. She was just thinking that this was a collaboration between Qiao Yu and Shuangdan University, but when did it get involved with Xue Song?

Suddenly I remembered that Qiao Yu had just reported that Xue Song was leading a team to work on integrating group theory with the generalized modal axiom system, and I suddenly understood.

He raised his finger and pointed at Qiao Yu, scolding: "Why do you say so many weird things all day long? Go do what you should do! Why are you getting more and more annoying as you grow older?"

"Goodbye, Director Tian." Qiao Yu shrank his neck and quickly slipped out of Tian Yanzhen's office.

Why do people get more annoying as they get older? It's just that we are too familiar with each other every day. Facts have proven countless times that distance creates beauty.

Just like when I was in Xingcheng, I just thought Xia Keke was clingy and annoying. But after coming to Beijing, I haven't seen her for more than half a year, and I often think of her face and start to miss Keke's good points...

So we can only say that there is probably a mean element in human nature. Qiao Yu felt that he was not immune to this, which is scary to think about.

She was muttering about how heartless her tutor was, but when she just walked out of the teaching building, she suddenly saw the senior sister who had left earlier standing by the flower bed outside the building.

After seeing him, she came over directly, walked in front of Qiao Yu, and greeted him gracefully: "Qiao Yu, hello, we meet again."

Qiao Yu looked around and didn't see Professor Lu. He asked curiously, "Is Professor Lu gone?"

"Yes, the boss left first. Before he left, he told me that if I wanted to learn something real, I had to be thick-skinned, so he asked me to wait for you here and talk to you alone."

Zhang Xiao explained cheerfully.

Qiao Yu exclaimed: "What Professor Lu said really makes sense. But is this how all professors in the School of Mathematics teach their students?"

Zhang Xiao covered his mouth and smiled, saying, "I don't know about other people's mentors, but Director Lu is actually quite nice. He always complains that it's too tiring to lead students. When he's alone, he doesn't need to run projects at all. He can research whatever he wants, and no one can control him.

As a result, after he supervised us, he had to find ways to get a few projects every year, get some project funds, and give subsidies to us graduate students. So we, as students, should also be considerate of our supervisors and try not to trouble them if we can, right? "

Qiao Yu nodded and asked curiously, "What else did Professor Lu tell you? I'll learn from him or I really don't know what to do."

Zhang Xiao simply said, "Why don't we go to the Weiming Lake and talk while we walk?"

Qiao Yu thought about it, then nodded and said, "Okay."

……

"Director Lu is very responsible in his work and often tells us that we must be fully aware of the state of the art and related progress in our research field. Otherwise, we may be eliminated by the times at any time.

So no matter how busy you are, you should set aside at least three days a week to read relevant literature, and read it carefully. We should check our reading volume every month.

As for Director Lu's own projects, we were rarely involved. Sometimes when he was working with the chemistry lab, he would ask me to help process some data.

In addition, although Director Lu always said that he didn't want to lead us, he was actually quite strict with us. By the way, Director Lu actually hated us saying "obviously" the most. If we dared to say "obviously, obviously" like you did today when reporting, we would definitely be scolded.

There is an interesting thing about this. One time, my junior was giving a presentation on his paper at a group meeting. Director Lu was not there because he had to go out and forgot his car keys in the meeting room.

When I came back to get it, I happened to take a look at my junior's PPT, and then pointed to an obvious point in the article and asked: "Why is it obvious here? Explain it to me."

As a result, the junior brother was completely confused and said that this was obvious. Then he explained for a long time and found that he could not prove it at all. Director Lu simply did not go out and spent the whole morning in the conference room, scolding the junior brother to the point of autism..."

On the way to the lake, Zhang Xiao told Qiao Yu some interesting stories about studying with Professor Lu, and Qiao Yu listened with great interest.

The main reason is that he has never experienced these things.

Director Tian actually taught him a lot of things, but he never questioned him. Well, maybe he did, but he always gave proofs and then we probably didn't bother to ask him.

Of course, Qiao Yu is not just listening to stories. In fact, from the opinions expressed by a person, we can roughly judge whether the two parties are in sync. Or whether their three views are consistent.

Otherwise, if we rashly agree to this, it would be bad if we end up becoming enemies.

Fortunately, it sounded like this senior sister was okay, at least she didn't say anything nonsense. When she talked about some difficulties she encountered in mathematics, she didn't seem to give up on herself.

Overall, his personality is pretty positive.

"By the way, it's not just me who is saying this. Great junior brother, you should also say something, at least express your opinion. Can I learn your axiomatic system from you?" Zhang Xiao asked, probably because he was tired of talking.

Qiao Yu did not answer directly, but asked: "Um... that, Senior Sister, did you also study at Yanbei University for your undergraduate studies?"

"No, I graduated from the next door, participated in the summer camp of Yanbei University, and got the recommendation qualification. By the way, my graduate student interview score was first." Zhang Xiao replied.

Qiao Yu nodded. The guy from Huaqing next door was also a tough guy, so he asked, "Then you must have done very well in your undergraduate studies, right?"

Zhang Xiao nodded and said, "Well, I can't compare with you, but it's still okay. I'm in the top five in the grade, and all my subjects are graded A."

Qiao Yu nodded. That’s even more powerful than Senior Brother Chen.

After all, the school that Senior Brother Chen attends is unlikely to be comparable to Huaqing. Being able to consistently rank in the top five among such a group of people is not just about hard work.

"That's right, Senior Sister. If you are interested in our modal axiom system, you can join our research group to study together. But as you know, we are also helping the laboratory with data analysis, mainly to expand the scope of application of the entire system.

So the work during this period will be very hard. You should know Chen Zhuoyang, right? That's my senior brother Chen. He could only sleep five hours a day for a long time! Because there is a lot of data to verify, it is very hard. Can you accept it? "

After roughly understanding Zhang Xiao's situation, Qiao Yu asked the most important question.

Zhang Xiao blinked and said, "Are there so many data that need to be verified? I also read his article carefully, and it seems that it doesn't need to be so hard, right?"

Qiao Yu thought for a moment and said, "Of course, if you have extensive experience in laboratory data processing, you may not need to spend so much time getting started, but the workload is definitely not small. You also know that our research has just started. This is an opportunity, but it is also a challenge."

Hearing this, Zhang Xiao stopped and stretched out his hand towards Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu tilted his head, but out of politeness, he also stretched out his hand, shook it gently, and then let go.

After shaking hands, Zhang Xiaocai smiled and said, "Let's put it this way. I'm not afraid of challenges, nor am I afraid of too much hard work. What I fear most is actually boredom."

Is this an agreement?

"Wait, I haven't finished talking yet. You may not be able to publish a paper for a long time on what you have done recently. Because I plan to make a universal and stable laboratory analysis model, which I will apply for a patent in the future. So before I get the patent, there will be no article to publish."

Qiao Yu emphasized one sentence.

After all, the results of mathematical research can be seen in papers, and there is no alternative way.

"Then boss, will you pay me?" Zhang Xiao asked.

"Well... this is not a big problem. But you have to have results before you can publish them! Forget about getting a monthly subsidy."

Qiao Yu thought about it and answered.

There was no other way. It was not good to just let people work without paying them a penny. After all, Zhang Xiao was different from Chen Zhuoyang. Senior Brother Chen had already promised to give him all his first year's salary.

Now that he doesn't want the money, it's like giving money to Senior Brother Chen. Not to mention that Senior Brother Chen also got a first-place article in a top journal.

He was able to open up a new situation at Jinzhou University. Now he is about to move to the neighboring Nanjin University.

"That's fine. The big boss will definitely not miss out on my graduate student subsidy. It's settled then. How about I treat you to lunch at noon as a thank you?"

Qiao Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed.

He hesitated because he was afraid that this senior schoolmate might be attracted to him. After all, he was not only smart but also good-looking. He was definitely a handsome math boy.

But considering that the senior is at least 25 or 26 years old, and outside the campus environment, he can even call her aunt. So she shouldn't have any improper thoughts about him. Well, no.

……

Lunch was eaten in the cafeteria.

After all, there is no better place for two people to eat together in Yanbei University than the cafeteria.

You don’t have to worry about whether the dishes are good or not, the taste is definitely above average. Of course, the most important thing is that it is cheap, and it is a model of good quality and low price.

There is absolutely no doubt about this. Over the years, student canteens in various schools have often been exposed to various problems.

But the food quality of the top 30 universities is really not bad. Every time it is exposed, it will gain a lot of envy and jealousy...

Those things look delicious, and they are so cheap!
After dinner, the two exchanged phone numbers, added each other on WeChat, and left.

Qiao Yu had to go back and quickly launch the functions for the laboratory at Huairou Institute.

He planned to let Zhang Xiaolai handle the next data processing. As for Senior Brother Chen, he would continue to follow up on the data processing in Professor Zhang's laboratory.

Naturally, Lao Xue is still busy dealing with the introduction of group theory into the framework.

Qiao Xi...well, Qiao Xi is busy with exams...

As for the task Qiao Yu assigned to himself, it was to coordinate. Making sure that everyone had time to spare was his most important job.

It sounds like a leisurely job, but Qiao Yu actually feels that this position is very crucial and no one else can do it except him.

After all, not being idle means that the research progress must always move forward, so if any difficult problems are reported to him, they must be solved as soon as possible.

He also had to take exams, so he had a lot of books to read. At the beginning of the semester, he applied to take five courses in advance, and at the end of the semester he planned to pass five more, after all, he wanted to get his undergraduate degree before he turned 18.

……

Unlike Chen Zhuoyang who did not ask any questions at all, the data given to Zhang Xiao was in batches.

After finishing a batch, he checked it and then gave the data for the next stage. After all, it takes time for both parties to build trust. In addition, he also had to consider whether Zhang Xiao's ability was sufficient.

A week later, Zhang Xiao completed the task on time. However, Qiao Yu did the verification himself.

Instead of using the opponent's supercomputer, Qiao Yu directly used Director Tian's supercomputer card and jumped the queue to use the school's computing power.

Although Director Tian's computing power is free for him to use, for Huairou Law Firm, this part of computing power must be converted into consulting fees...

In short, at the end of this semester, Qiao Yu felt that everything was on the right track.

He also took 29 credits. Together with the 26 credits he took at the beginning of the semester, he now has 55 credits in total.

I got 54 credits in one semester, and I haven't even attended a single class yet. This is already a top-notch result. And my score was no less than 90 points.

But now there is a problem in front of him. He has almost finished the core courses and elective courses of the mathematics major. According to the graduation credit requirements of the School of Mathematics, he still needs about 80 credits, which he needs to get from other courses.

I can take a part of the College English series, and then computer and other general courses in the science department.

Fortunately, he went to ask Director Tian how to get enough credits without delaying scientific research.

Then he was scolded again.

"Can't you worry about something useful? As long as you have obtained the credits for the basic public courses and professional courses, are you still worried about not being able to graduate? Who would block your graduation for no reason? Are you bored?

But considering your attitude, you should still attend the political courses starting next semester and memorize some of the content. It won’t take much time for you anyway.”

Ok……

Although he was scolded a few times, graduation was not a big problem. Qiao Yu planned to get his diploma and degree certificate before the summer vacation.

The only pity is that I didn’t experience a normal college life, which makes me feel a little regretful.

Fortunately, he has a friend group. You can often see Yu Yongjun and Gong Jiatao complaining in the group.

Including but not limited to professors who are not human, classmates who are not human, seniors who are not human...

In short, it can be seen from the two people's complaints that in their eyes, the mathematics department is a bunch of beasts...

As for Yu Wei, he continued to maintain his usual cool style in the gifted class.

However, at the end of the semester, Yu Wei, inexplicably, complained about him.

"Damn it! Qiao Yu, can you be a human being? I have finally discovered that even animals are more humane than you!"

When Yu Wei sent this message in the group, Qiao Yu was answering a question for Zhang Xiao on WeChat.

Seeing this, Qiao Yu was immediately unhappy and quickly replied: "Don't attack me casually! I'm telling you, Yu Wei, even though you are a rich second-generation, you can't insult me ​​when I haven't provoked you! Not to mention that you didn't even pay me!"

What Qiao Yu didn't expect was that his words also blew up Yu Yongjun and Gong Jiatao.

"Actually, although Yu Wei is usually not very accurate in judging people, this evaluation seems to be correct."

"That's right, Qiao Yu, please be a human being! Did you really tell Professor Hu of Mathematical Analysis that we were going to teach him a lesson during the final exam? Let him know how simple mathematical analysis is?"

Seeing Gong Jiatao's speech reminded Qiao Yu of the time when the research center held an academic conference and he did run into Professor Hu, and he did share some of his thoughts on the curriculum education issues of the Elite Class...

So Qiao Yu clarified the truth in the group with peace of mind.

"Well, that's not what I said! I just told him honestly that you all think there's nothing worth learning in freshman math analysis because it's all too easy."

"..."

"..."

"Look, tell me yourself whether you are talking like a human being or not. Professor Hu directly prepared a super difficult test paper that was said to be specially prepared to stump you! How dare you say you are a human being?"

Qiao Yu thought about it and realized that he had already passed the math analysis test. He seemed to have scored 90 points.

It’s not that I can’t get full marks, it’s just that there was a question on the test paper that was so damn disgusting.

In simple terms, that question was purely a test of patience and calculation skills. Qiao Yu even remembered that there were complex nonlinear terms in the integral of that question, and it took multiple substitutions to simplify it.

So he just left the 10-point question blank. 90 points is still an A anyway. There is no need to work so hard.

But this probably also shows that the test paper was not that difficult. After all, he was very confident that he could get 90 points even without doing that question.

"Um... I remember that the test paper was very simple. It shouldn't be difficult to get full marks as long as you have patience. Also, let me tell you something. I not only said this to Professor Hu, I also said the same thing to Professor Zhou and Professor Luo.

So it was just a joke. You see, I don’t believe that your advanced mathematics and probability exams are any different from the usual ones. So the professors were actually joking with you. Besides, only difficult exams can show your excellence! "

Then the three people ignored him and started to discuss in the group how to use physics or chemistry to make a person disappear quietly in the school...

Those who have money contribute money, and those who have strength contribute strength.

Well, anyway, Qiao Yu didn’t stay in Yanbei that night, but went straight to stay at Qiao Xi’s place in Huaqing.

It wasn't that he was really afraid that these three guys would do something stupid. After all, he still believed that these people were rational.

But considering that I might play a trick on him in the impulse, it is better to leave first.

Alas, these three guys went a bit too far.

These people don't understand that even if the test paper is a bit difficult, the teacher will still allocate the scores according to the proportion? Anyway, the proportion of excellent students is only 40% at most...

As a result, when he ran to Qiao Xi to complain, he was scolded by his mother again.

The reason is very simple. Qiao Xi feels that she did not do well in the Mathematical Analysis test. She thinks that she could only get 80 points at most, because the answers to 20 points of questions are definitely wrong, and it is unknown whether she can get any points in the process.

Qiao Yu was very surprised!
After entering the university system, it was strange that even Qiao Xi would get angry about poor test scores.

"Is it easy to get a higher score and a better GPA? You went to talk nonsense with the professor? It's a good thing you didn't tell the professor at Huaqing, otherwise I would have beaten you up!"

Qiao Yu asked with a sad face: "Okay, okay, but Mom, I found a problem. I always wanted you to go to college and be happy... Why don't you seem happy now?"

Qiao Xi asked in surprise: "Qiao Yu, who told you that I am unhappy?"

Qiao Yu answered confidently: "You wouldn't be so angry at home. Isn't this unhappiness?"

This sentence made Qiao Xi so angry that she laughed...

"Being angry means being unhappy? What did I say? You are just too rational. Sometimes when you are irrational, you like to have bad fun and laugh at others! This behavior is bad!
I tell you, the reason why we are human beings is because we can have emotions! Only when you have experienced boredom, anger, irritation, and depression can you experience what it feels like to be beautiful, happy, joyful, and happy! "

After hearing what Qiao Xi said, Qiao Yu seemed to be thinking about something. Just when Qiao Xi thought that the child finally had nothing to say, Qiao Yu suddenly spoke.

"Well, can I replace your words with yours? Only after a woman has experienced a bad man can she realize how precious a good man is?"

After the words were spoken, the mother and son looked at each other.

Then Qiao Yu instinctively sensed danger and just as he was about to run, his ears were grabbed...

"Student Qiao Yu, can you please repeat what you just said? Mom didn't hear it clearly..."

"No, Mom, I know you're doing this because of me, but I don't really mind it. If it doesn't work out, we can just go our separate ways. Anyway, if you meet someone you like, I can be a brother to him! Oh my..."

"Ha... as brothers?"

"Ah? Are they brother and sister? Oh... I was wrong. Ouch, it hurts..."

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　Thanks to the book friend 20220430153432538 for the reward and encouragement

　　
　
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